Ice-can filler.



atroznemt G S BOWLING ICE OAN FILLER.

APPLICATION rum) JUNE 12, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

ICE-CAN FILLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1906.

Application filed June 12, 1905. Serial No. 264,919.

T0 (07] whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. BOWLING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olarksville, in the county of Montgomery and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Can Fillers; and. I do declare the following to be a fullfclear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in ice-can fillers.

The object of the invention is to providea device of this character adapted to be inserted into an ice-can to fill the same, means being provided to automatically cut off the flow of water when the latter has reached the desired level in said can.

A further object is to provide a cut-off mechanism for can-filling devices which may be readily removed for repair or renewal without disturbing the other parts of the device.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the upper portion of an ice-can, showing the application of the invention thereto; and Fig. 2 is a detail vertical sectional view through the lower end of the filling pipe or tube, showing the arrangement of the cut-off valve therein. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, showing a portion of the supporting-frame and the arrangement of the socket to which the lower ends of the framebar are secured.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the supporting-frame of the device, said frame being adapted to be inserted into the upper end of the ice-can to hold the operating parts of the device in proper working position. Secured to the frame 1 is a filling tube or pipe 2. Said tube extends below the frame 1 and is provided on To the upper end of the tube 2 is connected an offset tube or elbow 4, on the opposite end of which is arranged an integral right angularlyformed tube 5, and on the outer end of said tube 5 is formed a hose connection 6.

In the lower end of the tube 2 and adapted to engage the seat 3 is a valve 7, to which is connected an upwardly projecting valvestem 8. The valve stem 8 projects upwardly through a stuffing-box 9, arranged in the elbow 4 on the upper end of the tube 2, and on the upper projecting end of the valvestem 8 is arranged ahead 10, to whichis pivotally connected one end of a lever 12, which is in turn pivotally mounted on the horizontally disposed pipe 5. Between the lever 12 and the pipe 5 is arranged a coiled spring 13, the tension of which is exerted to normally force the valve-stem 8 downwardly and to hold the valve 7 closed upon its seat 3.

Pivotally mounted in the upper portion of the frame 1 is a latch-bar 14, said bar being slightly curved at its upper end and provided with a notch or detent 15, which is adapted to engage the lower edge of the head 10 to hold the same and the valve-stem 8 up and the valve 7 in an open position.

To the lower end of the latch-bar 14 is connected one end of ahorizontally-disposed arm 16, which encircles the pipe 2 and has its opposite end pivotally connected to a vertically disposed trip rod 17. .The rod 17 is slidably mounted in a vertically disposed socket 18, arranged on the frame 1. On the rod 17 is arranged a collar 19, said collar being adjustably secured to the rod by means of a set-screw 20. On the rod 17 is slidably mounted a float 21, which may be of any suitable form and construction, said float being here shown as spherical in form. On the rod 17, adjacent to the socket 18, is arranged a coil-spring 22, on which the float 21 drops when the device is removed from the can.

In using the device the same is inserted into the end of the ice-can to be filled, after which the lever 12 is depressed, thereby lifting the valve-stem 8 and opening the valve 7, which will permit the water to flow through the tube 2 into said can. The head 10 in the valve-stem is engaged by the notched upper .end of the latch-bar 14, thereby holding the valve 7 in an open position. After the water in the can has reached the level of the float 21 said float will be raised thereby into engagement with the collar 19 on the trip-rod 17, after which a further rise of the water in the can will raise the trip-rod 17, which by reason of its connection with the latch-bar 14 through the arm 16 will rock said latch-bar and disengage the notched up er end of the same from the head on the valire-stem, thus permitting the spring 13 to actuate the lever 12 and force the valve-stem and valve down- IIO wardly, thus closing said valve and automatically cutting ofi the supply of water to the can.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the character described comprising a frame adapted to fit within the end of an ice-can, a filling-tube supported in said frame, a valve arranged in the lower end of the tube to close the same, a stem connected to said valve and projecting upwardly through an elbow on the upper end ofthe tube, a head arranged on the upper end of said valvestem, a spring to close said valve, a pivotally-mounted latch-bar adapted to engage the head on said valve-stem and hold said valve open, a trip-rod slidably mounted in said frame and connected to said latchbar, a float arranged on said rod, means whereby said float will engage and lift said rod when raised by the water in the tank, thereby tripping said latch-bar, and releasing said valve, substantially as described.

2v A device of the character described comprising a frame, adapted to fit within the end of an ice-can, a filling-tube supported in said frame, a valve arranged in the lower end of the tube to close the same, a stem connected to said valve and projecting upwardly through an elbow on the upper end of the tube, a head arranged on the upper end of said valve-stem, a lever pivotally mounted on the right-angularly-formed offset end of said tube, said lever being pivotally connected at one end to the head on said valve-stem, a spring arranged under the opposite end of said lever to force said valve-stem downwardly and normally hold the valve closed, a latch-bar pivotally mounted on said frame to engage the head on said valve-rod and thereby to hold said valve open, a right-angularly projecting arm arranged on the lower end of said latch bar, sockets arranged in said frame, a trip-rod slidably mounted in said sockets and pivotally connected with the arm on said latch-bar, a collar adjustably mounted on said rod, a float slidably mounted on said rod and adapted to be raised into engagement with the collar on said rod by the rising of the water in said can, thereby lifting said rod and releasing the valve, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses,

GEORGE S. BOWLING. Witnesses:

T. F. PETTUs, Jr., TYLER MILLER. 

